Numerous protests held in city against violence at JNU

Numerous protests held in city against violence at JNU

PUNE: Puneites and student organisations came together in solidarity with students of Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were brutally attacked on Sunday evening. Unions and organisations held protests across the city on Monday. 

PROTEST AT SPPU
State Minister Vishwajeet Kadam was present to support about 500 students who protested at Aniket Canteen in Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). “Unfortunately, in the last five years, we have witnessed attacks on students several times. Why have these incidents occurred in these five years only? Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been imposed on us. People’s sentiment has not been considered by the government,” claimed Kadam.

“The government doesn’t approve any voice that is raised against them,” stated Kadam, while encouraging students to protest. 

Ex-police officer SM Musharif, who was present at the protest said, “Delhi police is under Central government. It is Home Minister Amit Shah’s responsibility to take action against the violence at JNU.” 

PROTEST AT FTII
On Sunday night, students gathered at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) late at night. A Pune-based student from JNU who attended the protest said, “I am here to stand in solidarity with my colleagues in JNU. We condemn such an attack and we have seen the ABVP repeatedly resort to violence in the campus where they have not even spared female students. There must be some action against the perpetrators of such attacks,” she alleged, adding, “If anyone today thinks that they are safe from such violence, they might face it one day too, so they should speak up when there is time.” 

PROTEST NEAR COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
Several organisations, under the banner ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’ (We the people of India) came together at District Collector’s Office. 

Around 300 protestors from ILS Law College, Rashtra Seva Dal, Yuvak Kranti Dal (Yukrand) Poona College, Samyak Vidyarthi Andolan, All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Students Federation of India (SFI), took part in the protest. 

“When JNU was attacked, chowkidar was sleeping,” said Sandeep Barve of Yukrand, adding, “Kanhaiya Kumar said that JNU is an experiment where students from all castes, classes and religion can study. So, an attack on JNU is an attack on the idea of India itself.” 

PROTEST AT GOOD LUCK CHOWK
A protest was held at Good Luck Chowk near Deccan on Monday by social group Lokayat.  Sanjay Mense, an advocate, said, “This is the rise of fascism and the only ones who can stop it are we, the people, because there is no way the government will put a stop to this.” 

“The State government of Delhi had to provide protection to all colleges, so why was only JNU discriminated against? And when the need came, they stopped everyone at the gates and didn’t even let ambulances enter the campus. What law prevents the police from protecting students?” said Aniket Rao, a student from ILS Law college.

ABVP PROTESTS AGAINST VIOLENCE
Alleging that left-wing student unions had attacked the JNU students, around 20 students of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested in front of SPPU Aniket Canteen on Monday. “ABVP didn’t create the violence. The left wing student union did. More than 20 ABVP members from JNU have been admitted to AIIMS. We are protesting against this violence,” said Dayanand Shinde, President of ABVP, Pune.

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